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steersmen
steers·man
/
ˈstɪərz
mən
/
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[
steerz
-m
uh
n
]
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noun,
plural
steers·men.
1.
a person who steers a ship; helmsman.
2.
a person who drives a machine.
Origin:
before 1000;
Middle English
steresman,
Old English
stēoresmann,
equivalent to
stēor
steering, helm (see
steer
1
) +
-es
's
1
+
man
man
1
Related forms
steers·man·ship,
noun
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steersman
(ˈstɪəzmən)
—
n
,
pl
-men
the helmsman of a vessel
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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